Module 3 - "Digital Curriculum, Professional Development and Leadership"

National Educational Technology Standards we will meet and/or exceed.

NETS - Students
1. Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes
using technology.
2. Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance,
to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

NETS - Teachers
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments.
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S.
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society.

NETS - Administrators
1. Visionary Leadership. Educational Administrators inspire and lead development and implementation of a shared vision
for comprehensive integration of technology to promote excellence and support transformation throughout the organization.
2. Digital-Age Learning Culture. Educational Administrators create, promote, and sustain a dynamic, digital-age
learning culture that provides a rigorous, relevant, and engaging education for all students. maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S.
3. Excellence in Professional Practice. Educational Administrators promote an environment of professional learning
and innovation that empowers educators to enhance student learning through the infusion of contemporary technologies and
digital resources.




Topics/Activities


Welcome




Ice Breaker:



Your Three Words - Activity

ABC Your Three Words


Discuss with your group three words to answer these question.
Write the words on the paper provided.
Have fun and smile! We will take pictures.
  • How do you use technology to engage students?

Windows Movie Maker

iMovie
http://elamanatees.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-do-you-use-technology-to-engage.html

What will you do today with your students?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCTMfiM6DGc



National Technology Plan
The National Education Technology Plan for 2010 is available at http://www.ed.gov/technology/netp-2010



Book Study - Web 2.0 - Chapters 4,5,6

  • Get with a group using your Web 2.0 Book
    Chapter 4 - New Tools in Schools
    Chapter 5 - Professional Development
    Chapter 6 - Leadership and Tools
  • Click on this link and read and discuss the questions. Book Study Form
Review the discuss questions.

  • Complete form by completing the anwers to the question and click submitt.
**Click Here** to see results.


Google Docs


Why use Blogs, Wikis, and Google Docs? Here is an article that explains why you would want to use these Web 2.0 tools in your classroom.





Google Docs Activity

http://docs.google.com

Example of a Google Form from Brookview - Carie Skube



Duval County Technology Resources

Discussion Wiki Activity

Compass Odyssey- https://odyssey.duvalschools.org



GIZMOS - http://www.explorelearning.com/

Learn more about how to use Gizmos in your class

Destination Success - http://duval.riverdeep.net/lms






Your Three Words...A Summary




Windows MovieMaker






iMovie

Take Aways:

  • Read chapters 7, 8, 9, of the Web 2.0 Book
  • Learn about FFW, Read 180 and Compass by visiting classrooms in your school or through online turtorial
  • Host your second TNT Team meeting to share what you have learned
  • Use Video Projector and Document Camera to present lesson and/or meeting topics



Resources:

Edutopia - Teachers and Community Members Practice TLC with PLCs
Create a culture of collaboration and constant improvement with professional learning communities.
http://www.edutopia.org/professional-learning-communities-collaboration

Edutopia Ten Big Ideas of School Leadership Principal Mike McCarthy shares 30 years of wisdon on how to run a school well
http://www.edutopia.org/maine-project-learning-ideas-school-leadership